Captain Sir Tom Moore's heroic legacy has been shrouded by his daughter's dark controversies. The World War II veteran became an overnight national treasure when he walked 100 laps around his garden ahead of his 100th birthday, raising nearly £39million for the NHS . His selfless act took hold during the coronavirus lockdown, when the health service was on its knees.
His family set up the charity, The Captain Tom Foundation, and after his sad death in February 2021, his daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore stepped into the limelight, taking the reigns of the foundation. However, she has since found herself in hot water on more than one occasion. Now, Hannah, 53, and her husband Colin, 66, have been slammed by a watchdog for pocketing £1million in his name.
The Charity Commission said a probe of the foundation has uncovered repeated instances of misconduct by the pair, who have been banned from being charity trustees. Here, the Mirror takes a look back at the famous veteran's daughter's most eyebrow-raising moments - from controversially erecting a spa at their family home to taking her father on that holiday to Barbados..
. £1.4million payout The Commission revealed sales of Captain Tom's autobiography, Tomorrow Will Be A Good Day, did not benefit the foundation.
In the book's foreword, he wrote of being given "the chance to raise even more money for the charitable foundation now established in my name". But, an advance of £1.4million was paid to Club Nook, a company of which Hann.
